Mozambican President Armando Guebuza arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday night to attend the heads of state summit of the African Union, scheduled for Sunday and Monday.

25 January, 2012

Kenmare reports revenue up 83 per cent

The Irish company Kenmare Resources has announced a significant increase in revenue over the last year. In 2011 its revenue rose to 167.5 million US dollars, compared with 91.6 million dollars the year before.

18 January, 2012

Ncondezi to support joint study on export routes

The British-based coal company Ncondezi announced on 18 January that it is to form a partnership with Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique and Minas de Revuboe to look at the construction of a new railway and port to export the huge coal reserves from their concessions in the western province of Tete.

10 January, 2012

Agreement on training environmental staff

The Mozambican Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Action (MICOA) and the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) signed a memorandum of understanding in Maputo on 10 January establishing the bases for university training of MICOA staff.

9 January, 2012

Globe Metals and Mining to expand operations in Memba

The Australian company Globe Metals and Mining has announced it now has the option to acquire up to a 90 per cent interest in a further five licences in an ilmenite (iron titanium oxide) and vanadium rich area of Memba district in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula.

5 January, 2012

Prime Minister visits grain factory

Prime Minister Aires Ali on 4 January visited a new grain processing factory in the town of Ulongue, in the western province of Tete, which is due to start production in February.

2 January, 2012

Mozambique may export natural gas to India

Videocon Industries, an Indian company which is part of a consortium exploring for hydrocarbons in the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has expressed its intention of selling in India its quota of the natural gas exploited in Mozambique.

21 September, 2018

Poachers and illegal loggers jailed

The Chigubo district court, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, has, over the past three months, sentenced 14 people to jail terms of between 15 days and 12 years for poaching and illegal logging in the Banhine National Park.

19 September, 2018

Government approves water management plan

The Mozambican government on 18 September approved a National Water Resource Management Plan for the next 20 years that will cost an estimated US$28 billion.

18 September, 2018

President Nyusi wants greater visibility for Mozambique Island

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on 17 September urged the residents of Mozambique Island, off the coast of the northern province of Nampula, to join the government initiatives intended to grant greater visibility to the island as a cultural treasure.